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Araschnia levana


Araschnia levana
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Copyright: Siegfried Potrykus (neusser0204) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 490 W: 48 N: 1830] (7212)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-08
Categories: Nature
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-10-03 1:06
Viewed: 99
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Map (Araschnia levana) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is common throughout the lowlands of central and eastern Europe, and is expanding its range in western Europe.


Second (summer) generation individualIn the UK this species is a very rare vagrant, but there have also been several unsuccessful – and now illegal – attempts at introducing this species over the past 100 years or so: in the Wye Valley in 1912, the Wyre Forest in the 1920s, South Devon 1942, Worcester 1960s, Cheshire 1970s, South Midlands 1990s. All these introductions failed and eggs or larvae have never been recorded in the wild in the UK. (Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is now illegal to release a non-native species into the wild.)

The Map is unusual in that its two annual broods look very different. The summer brood are black with white markings, looking like a miniature version of the White Admiral and lacking most of the orange of the pictured spring brood.

The eggs are laid in long strings, one on top of the other, on the underside of stinging nettles, the larval foodplant. It is thought that these strings of eggs mimic the flowers of the nettles, thereby evading predators. The larvae feed gregariously and hibernate as pupae.
(Wikipedia)
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Hallo Siegfried,

erstmal, wuensche ich dir ein schoenes Deutsche Wiedervereinigungtag!

Superb macro capture of the adorable butterfly with wonderful sharpness and from a great POV! I like the strong color tones of the butterfly and a great contrast to the soft pink colored BG. The flower adds another piece of beauty to the picture.
Great work!

best regards,
Paras

Hi Siegfried,
An amazing POV to capture this lovely butterfly on such a beautiful flower!
Great lighting and sharpness with every detail clearly visible.
A very neat presentation enclosed in this elegant white margin.
Well done and regards,

Francis Xavier

Hi MF Siggi,

Perfect close-up capture of this pretty butterfly from nice POV with great clarity.
TFS and cheers,

bayram

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  • Nokin Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 54 W: 0 N: 37] (545)
  • [2009-10-03 3:33]

Hallo,
Sehr schöne Aufnahme gefällt mir sehr gut.Schärfe ,Farben und Aufbau perfekt.

Gruß Detlef

Great focus and details,super sharpnes and contrast.
Regards Zoran

Hello Siegfried,

Excellent macro shot.
Lovely composition, sharp details, good DOF and strong, but beautiful colors.

Regards and all the best,
Tatjana

Hi Siegfried,
Beautiful details of a lovely butterfly...
Nice colours and good focus. Tfs.
Dr.Seyfettin Güner

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  • kanton Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 730 W: 5 N: 1300] (5414)
  • [2009-10-03 16:15]

Hello Siegfried!
Splendid portrait of Araschnia levana!
Perfect sharp colours,clarity and details
Great lighting, especially on the nice flower!
Regards and tfs
Kostas

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 595 W: 0 N: 957] (4612)
  • [2009-10-03 18:21]

Hi Siegfried,
excellent sharpness and superbs clarity.
The details of the flowers and the texture and colours are splendid.
Well emphasis.

regards,
Foozi

Hello Siegfried,
Cleasr image, good using of light. Thanks for useful information.

TFS
Selahattin E

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